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Barbary monkeys going ape on Gibraltar
Madrid (UPI) Apr 21, 2008 Veterinarians are trying to track down 25 Barbary monkeys that are allegedly terrorizing tourists on Gibraltar. Britain's' Daily Telegraph said the pack of macaques has broken into hotel rooms and was spotted scavenging in garbage bins in the center of town. The monkeys are to be killed by lethal injection, the newspaper said. "Children are frightened. People cannot leave their windows open for fear of the monkeys stealing," Tourism Minister Ernest Britto told the newspaper. "Apes can bite, and contact with them runs the risk of salmonella or hepatitis." More than 200 Barbary monkeys, often incorrectly referred to as Barbary apes, live on Gibraltar. The animals are a major tourist attraction and legend has it that Gibraltar will cease to be a British colony if the monkeys leave, the newspaper said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Darwin Today At TerraDaily.com
Deep-Sea Sharks Wired For Sound
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Deep-sea sharks have been tagged and tracked and their habitats precisely mapped in world-first research to test the conservation value of areas closed to commercial fishing. Last month scientists from the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship fitted acoustic tags to 50 gulper sharks, swellsharks and green eye dogfish near Port Lincoln, South Australia. |
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